Cambodia

By bowmaners

  • PRINCE

    Prince Norodom Sihanouk becomes king
  • Period: to

    when the occupation ends

    The Japanese occupation ends

  • cambodia

    Cambodia wins its independence from France

  • king

    His father becomes king and Sihanouk becomes prime minister

  • his father dies

    Sihanouk becomes head of state

  • renamed

    The country is re-named Democratic Kampuchea

  • Vietnamese

    Vietnamese forces invade in a lightning assault

  • pro Vietnamese

    The pro-Vietnamese Kampuchean People's Revolutionary Party wins parliamentary elections.

  • hun sen

    Hun Sen becomes prime minister.

  • hun sen

    Hun Sen tries to attract foreign investment by abandoning socialism

  • a un

    A UN transitional authority shares power temporarily with representatives of the various factions in Cambodia

  • khmer rouge

    Thousands of Khmer Rouge guerrillas surrender in government amnesty.

  • deputy leader

    Deputy leader of Khmer Rouge Ieng Sary forms a new party and is granted amnesty by Sihanouk.

  • Cambodia

    181,040 square feet

  • population

    58.87male 55.92 female

  • hun sen

    After nearly a year of political deadlock, Prime Minister Hun Sen

  • khmer rouge

    Tribunal to try Khmer Rouge leaders gets green light from UN after years of debate about funding.

  • comrade duch

    Comrade Duch is found guilty of crimes against humanity and given 35-year prison sentence.

  • devilment

    Government suspends the granting of land for development by private companies in a bid to curb evictions and illegal logging.

  • sam rainsy

    Opposition leader Sam Rainsy returns from exile